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Expansion of the Aztec Triple Alliance

Type Event Region North America Time 1461–1470

In the 1460s, under the late Moctezuma I, the Aztec Triple Alliance continued pushing conquest and tribute systems beyond the Valley of Mexico into O…

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  1. 1461–1468Tenochtitlan · Valley of MexicoMoctezuma I (Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina) continued organizing Flower Wars and formal campaigns in the 1460s, bringing more city-states into the tribute and military service network and strengthening alliance control beyond the valley.
  2. 1463–1469Valleys of Oaxaca · OaxacaAlliance armies and vassals pushed into the Oaxaca valleys and the Gulf Coast, establishing indirect rule and tribute channels; Zapotec and Mixtec polities increasingly felt the pressure of Aztec suzerainty.
  3. 1469–1470Tenochtitlan · Valley of MexicoAfter Moctezuma I's death, his son Axayacatl succeeded, inheriting the enlarged alliance territory and tribute system and laying the political groundwork for further military expansion in the 1470s.

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